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Capitalism at work - a handful of ultra-rich guys winning even more ground over common folks again.

• luxuryballs 9y ago
  the market allows the DRM because people keep buying the content even when DRM is included, standardizing it may just mean less clunky implementations of DRM but if we were to ban DRM from the market would something else crop up to replace it? would content creators stop making content? what about IP laws? if we got rid of them, there would probably be more content AND more DRM? or would it be more content and less DRM since it would only be a matter of time before someone legally reproduces your work so why bother with DRM?
• andybak 9y ago
  Who are the "common folk" in this? (Complex issue but I'm not sure I see your point)
• thephyber 9y ago
  Technically "capitalism" would also mention the small long-tail of web consumers that refuse to use browsers that enable these new W3C specs. That said, most of actual market transactions involve some sort of subtle coercion or manipulation of emotions, which means they violate the core assumptions of economics. {Marketing, sales, religion/cults, magicians, A/B testing} all involve some sort of cognitive / psychological manipulation -- the core incentives of the modern economy incentivize companies to optimize for attention capture and behavior exploitation.
• spdustin 9y ago
  In this case, the “common folk” you refer to don’t give a shit.
  • nebabyte 9y ago
    Only while the consequences of "not giving a shit" aren't immediately affecting them. Those same people are the ones who turn around and complain "what can we do" and organize social media armchair protests when consequences simple enough for them to understand come along. Not the best allies. https://xkcd.com/743/ https://xkcd.com/743/